Vietnam attracts 8.06 billion USD in FDI in Jan-Apr

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam attracted 8.06 billion USD in foreign direct
investment (FDI) in the first four months of 2018, equivalent to 76.1 percent
of the figure in the same period last year, according to the National
Statistics Office.

As of April 20, 2018, the country had 883 newly-licensed
FDI projects, with total registered capital of 3.55 billion USD and 303
projects registering to increase their capital by 2.24 billion USD.

In the first four months of this year, foreign
investors contributed capital and bought shares worth 2.26 billion USD, a
year-on-year surge of 67 percent.

FDI projects in
Vietnam disbursed 5.1 billion USD during the first four months, a
year-on-year increase of 6.3 percent, said the Ministry of Planning and
Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

The FIA said foreign
investors have invested in 17 industries and fields during January and April.
Of this, the manufacturing and processing sector attracted the largest amount
of FDI, with total registered capital of 4.52 billion USD, accounting for 56.1
percent of the total investment.

The real estate sector
ranked the second in terms of FDI attraction, with total investment capital of
807.5 million USD, accounting for 10 percent of the total. In the third place
were the wholesale and retail sector, with total registered capital of 779
million USD, accounting for 9.7 percent of the total.

Up to 82 countries and
territories invested in Vietnam in the first four months. The
Republic of Korea topped the list, with an investment of 2.32 billion USD,
accounting for 28.7 percent of the total investment. Japan ranked
second, with registered capital of approximately 1.29 billion USD, accounting
for 16 percent of the total investment. Singapore stood at the third
place, with a registered investment of 808 million USD, accounting for 10
percent of the total.

HCM City attracted
the largest volume of FDI, with a total registered capital of 1.92 billion USD,
accounting for 23.8 percent of the total investment. The northern port city of
Hai Phong ranked second, with registered capital of 1.03 billion USD,
accounting for 12.8 percent of the total. The capital city of Hanoi ranked
third, with registered capital of 746 million USD, accounting for 9.25
percent of the total.-VNA